Leslie E. Harris
Leslie E. Harris is a former associate justice for the Suffolk Juvenile Court in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.[1] He was appointed to the bench in 1994 by Governor William F. Weld.[2]
Education
Harris received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1974, his master's degree from Boston University in 1974, and his J.D. from the Boston College Law School in 1984.[2]
Career
- 1992-1994: Chief, Juvenile Division, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office
- 1988-1992: Public defender, Committee for Public Counsel Services
- 1989-1992: Probation officer[3]
Harris has taught at: Roxbury Community College, Edco, Metropathways Program, Highland Park Free School, New School for Children and Salem State College. Previously, Judge Harris served as a program consultant at the Museum of Afro-American History in Boston. He was also the director of the Melrose METCO Program, where he established and administered a busing program.[3]
See also
- Massachusetts Juvenile Courts
- Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Courts in Massachusetts
- Judicial selection in Massachusetts
External links
- Massachusetts Court System, "Juvenile Courts by County"
- Massachusetts Court System, "Juvenile Court Justices"
- Boston.com, "Pondering the what-ifs in failed bid to save teen," October 25, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Mass.gov, "Courts, Suffolk County Juvenile Court," accessed November 25, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, "Courts, Juvenile Court, Harris, Leslie A.," accessed November 25, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harvard Law School, "Criminal Justice Institute, Judge Leslie Earl Harris," accessed November 25, 2013
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Massachusetts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Massachusetts
State courts:
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Massachusetts Appeals Court • Massachusetts Superior Courts • Massachusetts District Courts • Massachusetts Housing Courts • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts • Massachusetts Land Courts • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts
State resources:
Courts in Massachusetts • Massachusetts judicial elections • Judicial selection in Massachusetts